Police are on the lookout for Polly, a parrot valued at around $4,000 that was stolen from a home in north Scarborough overnight.

Georgia Tichy, 58, said she was awakened around 3:30 a.m. Thursday by her 78-year-old disabled husband, who heard glass shatter and Polly squawking. When Tichy walked into their living room, where they kept the green-winged macaw, she stepped on glass.

“I realized that the smashed door was open, the cage was open and the bird’s cage was outside,” Tichy said hours later.

When police arrived at Tichy’s home, on Sunmount Rd. near Birchmount Rd. and Sheppard Ave. E., they found a brick had been used to break through the glass front door.

Polly’s empty cage was left sitting on the porch, its metal door open. A distraught Tichy called police.

Officers told Tichy the theft was unusual because most burglars are looking for cash or electronics.

“This was directed towards my bird,” said Tichy.

Back in February, Tichy said, she tried to sell Polly after her husband complained about the bird’s incessant squawking. Some people visited the Tichy home and made an offer on the bird, but Tichy changed her mind at the last minute.

Tichy has lived with Polly for six years after adopting him from a friend who had him for 10 years. Tichy said recent testing determined Polly was actually a male. She considered changing his name to Paulie, but decided to stick with her original moniker.

Polly’s wings aren’t clipped, so Tichy says he could have flown away from the bird bandits. That’s her hope.

“Either they were able to get a hold of him or better yet, he took off.”

If Polly has been abducted, Tichy has a few words of warning for his captors.

“He acts violently and aggressively to strangers,” she said. “That bird has never made friends with anyone.”